How do you pronounce usury?

usury is pronounced as /ˈjuːʒəri/.

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usury

📈usury (yúzuri)

noun

/ˈjuːʒəri/

usura (usura)

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Meaning

The practice of lending money at unreasonably high interest rates.

Traducción del significado

La práctica de prestar dinero a tasas de interés excesivamente altas.

La practica de prestar dinero a tasas de interes excesivamente altas.

Oraciones de ejemplo

The law strictly prohibits usury.

La ley prohíbe estrictamente la usura.

Synonyms

loan sharking, extortionate lending, high-interest lending

Antonyms

fair lending, lawful lending

Colocaciones

practice of usury, usury laws, condemn usury

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